The loop on entry of ata_host_start() may not initialize host->ops to a non NULL value. The test on the host_stop field of host->ops must then be preceded by a check that host->ops is not NULL. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index ea8b91297f12..fe49197caf99 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -5573,7 +5573,7 @@ int ata_host_start(struct ata_host *host) have_stop = 1; } - if (host->ops->host_stop) + if (host->ops && host->ops->host_stop) have_stop = 1; if (have_stop) { -- 2.31.1